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GT40FIED · 04-03-2005, 01:13 AM

Just wondering if anyone else has this and their thoughts. I just upgraded after my old subscription to Norton 2002. I suppose I like it well enougn so far...doesn't seem to have a whole ton of extra features that SP2 doesn't cover. Anyone have any thoughts about it's effectiveness/ease of use? I gotta say...I was a little pissed that it recognized 5 spyware "threats" and only fixed one. It didn't even try to get the other 4. Then again...such is Symantec's work.

IALuder · 04-03-2005, 07:22 AM

im still running on norton 04 AV. i think 05 is a little better. but you still need a good spyware program period. norton doesnt cover that area that good imo.

FlooredAccord · 04-05-2005, 12:24 PM

It has a better cleaning engine, scan engine, and live update module.

blind34_1 · 04-08-2005, 11:18 PM

yeah, thats the downfall to nav2005. im running it, and sometimes it wont remove "threats". Bear in mind it not an adware removal program, it just happens to find them. Why they dont integrate a removal tool is beyond me, but whatever.

a lot of spyware and adware is sneaky enough to where you cannot get rid of just by using an antivirus program or spyware removal. You have go into safemode and remove it manually, sometimes.

NAV will tell you where the threat is located, and you can remove it yourself. Suprisingly, they are usually hiding in the windows/system32 folder.

I like NAV2005, but im curious about how the latest version of mcafee is doing these days. They used to suck, but id like to test them out again.

ebpda9 · 04-08-2005, 11:35 PM

i think they still do.

Mischief · 04-09-2005, 07:05 PM

I don't use any AV programs.. they like to take over your computer and not let me do things I want to anymore.. especially Norton

04-03-2005, 01:13 AM	#1
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 42 Posts: 7,451	Norton AV 2005? Just wondering if anyone else has this and their thoughts. I just upgraded after my old subscription to Norton 2002. I suppose I like it well enougn so far...doesn't seem to have a whole ton of extra features that SP2 doesn't cover. Anyone have any thoughts about it's effectiveness/ease of use? I gotta say...I was a little pissed that it recognized 5 spyware "threats" and only fixed one. It didn't even try to get the other 4. Then again...such is Symantec's work. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

04-03-2005, 07:22 AM	#2
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 38 Posts: 7,908	im still running on norton 04 AV. i think 05 is a little better. but you still need a good spyware program period. norton doesnt cover that area that good imo. __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

04-05-2005, 12:24 PM	#3
FlooredAccord 2nd Gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Concord, CA Age: 42 Posts: 206	It has a better cleaning engine, scan engine, and live update module. __________________ Here's to alcohol: The source of, and answer to, all of life's problems. -Homer Simpson What are you gonna do? Sick your dogs on me? Or your bees? Or dogs with bees in their mouth so when they bark they shoot bees at me? -Homer Simpson

04-08-2005, 11:35 PM	#5
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 43 Posts: 17,266	i think they still do. __________________

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04-08-2005, 11:18 PM	#4
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 39 Posts: 1,813	yeah, thats the downfall to nav2005. im running it, and sometimes it wont remove "threats". Bear in mind it not an adware removal program, it just happens to find them. Why they dont integrate a removal tool is beyond me, but whatever. a lot of spyware and adware is sneaky enough to where you cannot get rid of just by using an antivirus program or spyware removal. You have go into safemode and remove it manually, sometimes. NAV will tell you where the threat is located, and you can remove it yourself. Suprisingly, they are usually hiding in the windows/system32 folder. I like NAV2005, but im curious about how the latest version of mcafee is doing these days. They used to suck, but id like to test them out again.